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RSS roamingLeader: Roaming rates - more work needed
Leader It is fitting that in this week of the annual 3GSM World Congress a major mobile network operator has chosen to announce lower data-roaming rates. At the UK Communication Management Association last week, a remark on roaming rates still being too... [14 Feb 2007]
Roaming of Advanced Telecom Services Through Semantic Annotations
White Paper This paper addresses the seamless service access with specific focus on roaming of advanced telecom services. Telecom networks provide voice and data connectivity in other countries, but advanced service roaming as e.g.location is not yet in place. [07 Aug 2007]
Roaming UK consumers overspending on mobile calls
News They need to get more call charge savvy and find out the best ways to get around the hefty roaming costs incurred by phoning or texting abroad, Oftel says. In its roaming research carried out with Irish watchdog, the Office of the Director of... [05 Apr 2002]
Roaming rates to fall by up to 70 per cent
News European mobile operators have nothing to fear from impending roaming tariff regulation if they remain competitive, according to an EC spokesman. The spokesman for information society and media commissioner Vivian Reding, told silicon.com sister... [14 Jun 2006]
Roaming rip-off: House of Lords weighs in
News The House of Lords is to investigate the thorny issue of roaming and is calling for opinions from the UK public on the issue. The Lords EU Committee will investigate whether costs charged by operators within the EU are excessive; whether lowering... [02 Feb 2007]
Roaming Dynamics in GPRS and Beyond: Options and Strategies
White Paper Roaming is a service that allows a subscriber of one operator to use the services of another operator when inside the latter's coverage area. Over 20000 roaming agreements have made the GSM service available around the world; the same is expected... [28 Mar 2005]
'Roaming cuts could ruin your skiing holiday'
News The GSM Association, the trade body representing the mobile industry, believes impending cuts in roaming rates will see some customers plunged into coverage black spots. According to the Association, 25 per cent of roaming traffic will become... [24 Apr 2007]
Roaming prices slashed in Euro vote
News Euro MPs have taken a machete to roaming charges after a compromise on rates was hammered out between MEPs and the European presidency earlier this month. The agreement has been welcomed by Viviane Reding, the European Commission's information... [23 May 2007]
Game Analysis: Roaming Agreements
White Paper Roaming is a service that allows a subscriber of one operator to use the services of another operator when inside the latter? This paper concentrates on GPRS roaming though roaming is important also in GSM voice, SMS, circuit switched data, EDGE... [25 Jun 2004]
Roaming Issues for Service Provisioning Over 3rd Generation Mobile Networks
White Paper This paper attempts to address the challenging issue of roaming in the 3rd generation mobile telecommunication systems, as well as to underline the technical requirements that a Release 99 UMTS platform have to fulfill so that generic service... [22 Mar 2005]
Roaming bills to be slashed by 70 per cent
News Mobile operators are to have their roaming prices capped by the European Commission - a move that could see roaming prices slashed by up to 70 per cent. The EC has announced new proposals that will first limit the wholesale prices operators can... [12 Jul 2006]
Roaming and Service Management in Public Wireless Networks Using an Innovative Policy Management Architecture
White Paper This paper describes RSM-WISP, a new management architecture designed for WISPs to facilitate the implementation and management of the services they offer at the access side of the WLAN, and to manage roaming contracts between WISPs. [23 Aug 2006]
Roaming price-cap gets Lords thumbs up
News The Lords committee charged with investigating roaming costs has announced its backing for a price cap on mobile calls made from abroad. In an interim statement ahead of the formal publication of its findings, the committee said it backed the... [12 Mar 2007]
It's official: Roaming will be capped - Reding
News EC commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, has confirmed telecoms ministers agreed late last week at a meeting in Brussels there must be a cap both on wholesale and retail roaming charges, and more transparency on pricing. [19 Mar 2007]
Roaming cuts: Only for mobile newbies?
News With legislation that could see roaming bills cut by up to 70 per cent currently under the microscope at the European Parliament, politicians are divided on how best to apply the proposed price cuts. Following backing given this week by the... [23 Mar 2007]
